{"product_id":"2940169700398","title":"The Fun Parts: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA writer \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine has said \"everybody should read,\" Sam Lipsyte, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e, offers up \u003ci\u003eThe Fun Parts\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of bold, hilarious, and deeply felt fiction. A boy eats his way to self-discovery, while another must battle the reality-brandishing monster preying on his fantasy realm. In another story, an aerobics instructor, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, makes the most shocking leap imaginable to save her soul. These are just a few of the tales, some first published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, that unfold in Lipsyte's richly imagined world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther stories feature a grizzled and possibly deranged male doula, a dooms-day hustler about to face the multi-universal truth of \"the real-ass jumbo,\" and a tawdry glimpse of the northern New Jersey high school shot-putting circuit, circa 1986. Combining both the tragicomic dazzle of his beloved novels and the compressed vitality of his classic debut collection, \u003ci\u003eVenus Drive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fun Parts\u003c\/i\u003e is Lipsyte at his best-an exploration of new voices and vistas in the form with which he began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114896998640,"sku":"2940169700398","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169700398_p0.jpg?v=1763691040","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169700398","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}